Jean-Luc Pickguard

Thanks for the heads-up. I've not been able to reproduce this on Safari MacOS 18.3.1, or whatever versions are on my phone & iPad, but I have added some additional header info into the page which might help. Can you do a hard reload of the page and see whether it is any better now?

My 'Band Name Generator' is now up & running on its own domain: https://bandname.uk My two source lists currently have just over 17000 words in total, with a theoretical 130 million combinations. The original lists were just under double the current size and It is likely that I'll reduce the number of words further in the future to improve the quality of the generated names.

Apologies, I wasn't intending to do a downer on it, I thought the list of source words was very interesting, and you seem to have collected all the pub rock cliche words.

Hard Driving Blues — Amos Milburn

Mince You've Been Gone — Rainbow

A lot of instruments have minor (or not so minor) quirks that may be a holdover from how things are done historically, but would benefit from an update. What instrument's spec would you improve/change if given the power? I've owned my Ric 4003 for a few months now, after many years of being put off buying one due to the previous versions' medieval bridge and the weird dual truss rods — both issues that are fixed in my 2024 model. I really like this bass, however: The bridge is not as long as the previous design, so the gap in the binding is more obvious. Either the bridge should have the same length as the previous version, or the butt of the centre section should get binding. The mute just doesn't seem like a good idea, the thumbscrews to adjust it are stiff making it difficult and time-consuming to adjust, and the strings are not muted evenly when it is raised. What's the point of it? It would be a lot more useful to be able to palm mute which would only be possible if the built-in mute was removed entitrely or it was removable as a sub-assembly. The bass picks up a lot of noise. I shielded mine with copper slug tape. Surely something like this should be done at the factory? The bass comes with a huge rectangular case with no option for a gigbag. I bought a thomann / music area SafeCase 80 padded gigbag for mine, and I would have much preferred if something like that had come with the bass instead of the case. I bought a rickysounds acrylic thumbrest that fits across the top two screws of the pickguard, however I removed it after a while as it seemed too tall and got in the way. What might be useful though would be a similarly shaped thumbrest cut from the same material as the pickguard (i.e. factory offcuts) which would visually blend in better, and having a lower profile, not get in the way as much. RIC should offer optional accessories to facilitate experimentation with ric-o-sound. I had to do a fair amount of research to find what adaptors would work best. I have a splitter cable for recording, and an OBNE split meld to split the output into two signals which I'm planning a pedalboard around. If I do build that board it I will probably also get a JHS summing amp pedal to recombine the effected signals as I'm unlikely to take two amps to a gig.

I've had my thomann case for a few months now and while I wasn't initally convinced of the usefulness to the velcroed-on pod, I am now making good use of it and it saves on carrying a separate bag of odds & sods.

[quote]Is this a Fender?[/quote] fugg no! zero chance

The pub rock band name generator has a total of 118 words in its source lists so all names it generates will be a combination of these words: Whisky, No#, Love, Risky#, Loose, Dream, Bad, Rebel, Poison, The~Last, Last, Swamp, Easy, Dirty, Rough, The~Usual, Dodgy, Funky, Strange, Heavy, Mighty, Main, Missing, Bar, Groovy, Reckless, Lost, Last, Special, Royal, Real, Secret, Second, Fabulous, Double, Red, Black, White, Raging, Wild, Shady, Slippery, Lazy, Dangerous, Dark, Repeat, Twisted, Hot, Final, Highway, Smoking, Switchblade, Fatal, Stiletto, Renegade, Backroom, Diesel, Silver, Lone, Rattlesnake, Random, Manic, Critical Exit, Wind, Riders, Rider, Business, Vigilantes, Rebels, Assassin, Assassins, Money, Suspect, Suspects, Justice, Practice, Bullets, Stranger, Freak, Freaks, Street, Fever, Rain, Brothers, Fire, Offender, Offenders, Endeavour, Angel, Angels, Gods, Deal, Cat, Cats, Dog, Dogs, Spirit, Shot, Monkey, Monkeys, Fever, Rat, Rats, 45, 66, Horizon, Affair, Fate, Satellites, Highway, Haze, Street, Snakes, Poison, Chance, Change, Elevators

Birds Of A Feather — Vulfpeck

Albatross — Fleetwood Mac

If you contact hipshot directly, I bet they'd be happy to stick one in an envelope for you.

Is the 10x original price what they are listed for, or what sold items went for?

Elephant Gun — Beirut

The Sound of Silents but Violents — Simon & Garfunkel

Ride A White Swan — T Rex

Old Man Trump — Woody Guthrie

Stick It Where The Sun Don't Shine — Nick Lowe

Its offline at the moment while I'm tidying up the code and editing down the word lists. It should be back up & running within a few days.

(Chas) Smash It Up — The Damned

Over The Clouds — Izabella Khalo

Nothing good can possibly come from sanding the knobs. It might be easier to darken the pickguard.

Orang(utan) Coloured Sky — Nat King Cole

Father's Got His Glasses On — Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra

French (Fries) Kiss — Lil Louis